What's your favourite historical era?

the eygptian times and the medusa times

I used to enjoy the Financial Times until they put in the paywall.

How many half-snake, half-woman with snakes for hair and a gaze that can petrify any living thing have you seen in your neighbourhood?

Besides Theresa May?

No time in history has ever been better than it is now, but I particularly enjoy learning about the Crusades, as well as the Ancient Greek and Roman Empires.

The Sengoku period interests me a lot.

It's a period in Japanese history from 1467 to 1603 marked by warring clans (Oda, Tokugawa, Hojo, etc.), samurai, ninja, shinobi, the unification of the country, the first invasion of Korea, European powers trying to steak their claim on whatever they could in the country, Miyamoto Musashi and general badassery.



Also the Julio-Claudian dynasty.

Ah, Henry and his many wives...Makes for an amusing story.

We have rather similar historical interests.

Siege of Accra, Formation of the Athenian Constitution, the Julio-Claudian dynasty, am I right?

Interesting choices, I'm more into the various orders floating around at the time (Templar/Hospitalier/Teutonic etc), Alexandrian Wars/Ptolomeic dynasty, and the central hubs (Alexandria and Antioch keep popping up throughout history). My big thing is more cultural than historical though, I can't get enough of the various myths and legends in Greek and Roman times.

I've recently started looking into Chinese history and I find it very interesting - especially the progress made in the Tang Dynasty, but I should get started on Japan, as well

Then again, who doesn't love the myths. But certainly, art and architecture is beautiful to study, especially in the classical period. Images of Doric, Ionian and Corinthian columns spring to mind.

Btw, have you ever heard of the Livonian Brothers?

only thing i remember from history lesson is 19th century nottingham and that hippocrates fella

I had to do an art project on the various columns years ago, it's funny just how much simple architecture can mirror the societies they spring from.

Yeah, they were doing quite well for themselves but almost got decimated and had to join the Teutonic Order right?

Aye, they merged with the Teutonic Order and formed their own, rather unimaginably called the Livonian Order.

Medieval knights aren't exactly known for their creativity though, are they

Germany - 1933 to 1939. Would love to have seen Hitler's rise, consolidation of power, and attended some of those rallies.